Anuska Sen, Team bioXone It is well known that the SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) infection is transmitted by droplets and there have been recent studies showing that it can also be an airborne infection. However, there remains a huge confusion as to whether transmission of SARS-CoV-2 infection is possible from mother to child during pregnancy. This kind […]
Soumya Sarathi Ganguly, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Virologists were working on two areas of SARS-CoV-2 research at KU Leuven Rega Institute. In one line developing a vaccine that can prevent infection, and in another line of research, they are thriving in search of existing drugs by which the amount of virus can be reduced […]
Prama Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata After the recovery of President Donald Trump from Covid-19 using a similar therapy as of the antibody medicine from AstraZeneca Plc, the company has started its late-stage trials for the same against COVID-19. The medicine will undergo two trials on more than 60000 people starting soon. Astra has also planned […]
-Sagnik Nag, Amity University With the increasing cases of COVID fever, there’s still hope for upcoming vaccines within a few months. The hope came with a massive responsibility on the Government for mapping out its extensive cold storage to ensure the quick delivery of the vaccine across the country. A national expert group surveyed to […]
-Surupa Chakraborty, Amity University Kolkata A new CRISPR based test that can diagnose the coronavirus infection within few minutes, joins the race of speedy detection after RT-PCR, rapid testing, and FELUDA test. The potent applications of CRISPR have been talked about for many years now. It is best known for its ability to seek out […]
-Raddur Samaddar, Team bioXone While the world is waiting for a COVID-19 vaccine with absolute eagerness, the closest promising immunological treatment that can help stop the rate of the ever-increasing spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is the Convalescent Plasma Therapy. This treatment relies upon the transfusion of the anti-viral antibodies from donors to recipients with […]
-Husna, Amity University Kolkata The loss in sense of smell and taste experienced most commonly due to viral fever is termed as Anosmia. Millions of olfactory receptor cells are present in our nasal cavity. These cells captures molecules with specific odour and activate a nerve response which then carries the signal to the brain where […]
Rohit Bhattacharjee, Amity University Kolkata Dementia is a pandemic in the ageing society, the likelihood doubles every five years. People with dementia in the UK, both those living with families or alone, have lost invaluable support. Family carers have lost respite opportunities because of COVID-19, causing them to feel abandoned. The burden of care was […]
Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata Appendectomy has for quite some time been the standard treatment for appendicitis, even though effective utilisation of anti-microbial therapy as an option was accounted for over 60 years. Even in recent years, more than 95% of U.S. patients with appendicitis underwent an appendectomy. However, with the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, […]
Aishila Kar, Amity University Kolkata ICMR officials said on Tuesday that The Drugs Controller General of India has given authorization for conducting Phase-1 human clinical trial for an “antisera” that was developed by injecting inactivated SARS-CoV-2 in horses and can be a treatment for COVID-19. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in alliance with a Hyderabad-based vaccine maker […]
